OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Experimental Biology is 27. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
An early-life perspective is needed to explain the impact of gut microbiota on wild vertebrate phenotypes	115
Rates of warming impact oxidative stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	111
Announcing the 2021 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner	59
How octopus arm muscle contractile properties and anatomical organization contribute to arm functional specialization	49
Human muscle–tendon unit mechanobiological responses to consecutive high strain cyclic loading	47
Nile tilapia sagitta ear bones play dual role in balance and hearing	45
Comparative sound detection abilities of four decapod crustaceans	43
Colour vision in stomatopod crustaceans: more questions than answers	39
Lovebirds land on a flying trapeze with the greatest of ease	37
Chronic bacterial infections exert metabolic costs in Drosophila melanogaster	35
The physiological consequences of a very large natural meal in a voracious marine fish, the staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)	35
Response to ‘Coming up for air’	35
Head lice dispose of blood meal fluid through breathing tubules	33
Time-energy budgets outperform dynamic body acceleration in predicting daily energy expenditure in kittiwakes, and estimate a very low cost of gliding flight relative to flapping flight	33
ECR Spotlight – Michael Pedersen	32
Featherwing beetles fly with style	32
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert	29
Recognition of natural objects in the archerfish	29
Zebrafish parental progeny investment in response to cycling thermal stress and hypoxia: deposition of heat shock proteins but not cortisol	29
Cryptochrome-dependent magnetoreception in a heteropteran insect continues even after 24 h in darkness	29
Grease keeps polar bears ice-free and silent	29
Repetitive nociceptive stimulation elicits complex behavioral changes in Hirudo: evidence of arousal and motivational adaptations	29
2024: Reflections on a year of supporting and promoting our early-career researchers	28
Temperature and the microbial environment alter brain morphology in a larval amphibian	28
Spotted salamanders seek humid habitats to avoid drying out	28

Arduino allows development of a low-cost, high-resolution metabolic and behavioral phenotyping system for birds	28
ECR Spotlight – Alexis Kazen	28
Ice in the intertidal: patterns and processes of freeze tolerance in intertidal invertebrates	27
ECR Spotlight – Kwanho Ki	27
Cardiovascular responses and the role of the neurohumoral cardiac regulation during digestion in the herbivorous lizard Iguana iguana	27
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Katie Gilmour	27